10044 United States Army Indian Scouts
Records, 1876-1880
Letterpress volume of letters sent by the various officers commanding the detachment of Indian Scouts at Fort Yates, ND most of which are routing requests and acknowledgments with few reports on efforts to disarm Indians and recover ponies. (.25ft/1v)

10059 Ernst R. SteinbrueckPapers, 1904-1917
Correspondence, drawings, maps, and manuscripts including, "My Red Brother," primarily dealing with the Mandan Indians, written by former archaeologist and curator of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. (3.5ft/1r #16069)

10078 Frank J. Hutchinson
Papers, 1870-1951
Correspondence with D. F. Barry concerning Barry’s Indian photographs and life in the west, an index and financial records relating to Barry photographs purchases by Hutchinson, newspaper clippings and publications concerning the Battle of the Little Big Horn, official military correspondence relating to Indian hostilities, suppression of sales of arms and ammunition to Indians, and a regimental library on forts along the Upper Missouri including Fort Buford, Fort Rice, Cheyenne River Agency, and photographs. (.75ft)

10093 Fort Stevenson Indian School
Records, 1884-1886
Progress reports on individual Indian children enrolled in the school. (.25ft/1v)

10162 Frank Zahn
Papers, 1869-1948
Records relating to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, including correspondence between James McLaughlin and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, supply estimates, orders, contracts, receipts, a census schedule (1887), Indian passes, Indian scout discharges, a key to a winter count, photograph studio register from the Frank Fiske studio, a horse registration claim register, an account of the Ghost Dance Movement, an article by Frank Fiske on Red Tomahawk, who was a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and an autograph of Red Tomahawk. (.25ft)

10166 Gilbert Livingstone Wilson
Papers, 1915-1916
Copies of transcripts and original notebooks and reports on the Hidatsa and Mandan Indians at the Fort Berthold Reservation prepared for the American Museum of Natural History. (.5ft) Originals at the Minnesota Historical Society and the American Museum of Natural History.

10312 Austin G. Engel, Jr.
Papers, ca. 1900s-1982
Consists of former UCC Pastor and Executive Director of the North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission Austin Engel's files relating to various organizations, including the North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission, United Tribes of North Dakota Development Corporation, Governor's Interstate Indian Council, American Indian Crafts Cooperative, New Town Industrial Development Corporation, Congregational Christian Conference of North Dakota, Northwestern Association of the Congregational Christian Conference of North Dakota, and the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party. (6.5ft)

10313 James McLaughlin
Papers, 1855-1937
Correspondence, notebooks, receipts, newspaper clippings, printed material, and Indian censuses relating primarily to Sioux Indians at the Fort Totten Indian Reservation and the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, Indian citizenship applications, Rodman Wannamaker Expedition (1913), inspections, investigations, and negotiations at numerous Indian reservations in many western states, Indian land disputes and patents, Sitting Bull, and the Messiah Movement. Contains correspondence concerning the arrest and activities of Sitting Bull while on the reservation, census abstracts for 1888, 1891, and 1892 of male Indians at the Standing Rock Agency, field notebooks, research notes, scrapbooks, a letter book, and books authored by McLaughlin. The published guide and the microfilm edition of the Major James McLaughlin Papers were made possible by a grant from the Louis W. and Maud hill Foundation to Assumption College. The guide is copyrighted 1969 by Assumption Colllege, Richardton, ND.. (61ft/39r/#4329-4366)

10335 FrancesDensmore
ca. 1912-1918
Notes, music manuscripts, indexes, and inventories of wax cylinder recordings of Arikara, Hidatsa, and Mandan songs and legends recorded by Densmore and Orin G. Libby at the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation. (10.25ft)

10413 Frank J. V. Kiebert (1867-1940)
Papers, ca. 1908-1910
Field notes of Frank J. V. Kiebert as Surveyor of Oliver County, including Notes on Indian village surveys along the Missouri River. Original at the Oliver Conty Courthouse, Center, ND. Microfilm also includes Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners of Oliver County, ND May 1885-May 1904. Microfilmed by the SHSND March 16, 1971. (1r/#7948)

10483 Indian Drawings
Papers, 1870
Original and photocopies of drawings depicting hunting and warfare scenes and animals. Several drawings (photocopies) were signed and presumably rendered by Sitting Bull. (.25ft)

10494 Robert C. Hollow
Papers, 1964-1973
Research notes, card files, lexicons, and audiotapes of research on the Dakota, Assiniboine, and Mandan languages. (12ft)

10513 Fort Berthold Indian Reservation
Records, 1874-1963
Registry book containing names of agency visitors and an Indian census arranged by tribe (original and transcribed); an order issued by the agency superintendent restricting tribal dances and travel; correspondence, pamphlets, programs, drawings, printed material, and photographs that belonged to Roanna F. Challis, teacher with the Congregational Mission, ca. 1889-1892; a photocopy of the disbursing agent's journal, a record of daily events at the reservation; and miscellaneous printed materials and articles relating to the Reservation and the Congregational Mission. (1ft)

10608 BenReifel
Papers, 1950-1974
Two term papers, a dissertation, correspondence, and an abstract. The term papers are entitled, “Three Hundred Indian Families Behind the Garrison Dam Must Move,” and “The Social Structure of American Indian Reservations in the U.S.” His 1952 dissertation is entitled, Relocation on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation--Problems and Programs. (.5ft)

10645 Turtle Mountain Oral History Project
Records, 1992
Belcourt, ND; Rolette Co., ND
Interviews, photographs, and audio cassettes from a project of the North Dakota Humanities Council, the University of Mary, and the State Historical Society. (2ft)

10663 Alfred William Bowers
Papers, 1948-1949
Includes correspondence, notes, and a draft of Bowers's dissertation, entitled "A History of the Mandan and Hidatsa." Formerly 20367. (12 items/2r, #06914, 06946)

10781 Garrison Dam Relocation Oral Histories
Records, 1999
Six members of the Three Affiliated Tribes who had been teenagers during construction of the dam describe how they learned about the dam, how relocation was accomplished, and the economic, social, and cultural impact of relocation on their lives, the lives of their families and of the region. (6 audio cassettes, transcripts, and data sheets)

10835 Mandan Indian Language
Records, 1970s
Visual aids flash cards created for the Indian Languages program of Mary College by artist David Ripley. See also MS-10494. (.25ft)

10968 Alan Woolworth
Papers, 1878-1987
Copies of articles and writings on the history of Fort Berthold compiled by Alan Woolworth and bibliographies, correspondence, manuscripts and research articles by or about Melvin R. Gilmore. See also MS-20362 for archeological survey of Fort Berthold by Woolworth. (.75ft)

11064 Clara Zahn Ramey
Reminiscences, ca. 1944-2000s
Catholic devotional book written in Sioux, and “Born in a Tipi: Memories of My Childhood Days on the Dakota Prairie”: a compilation of writings, poetry and reminiscences by Clara Zahn Ramey combined with reminiscences by her granddaughter, Diane Partington Thomas, and other family members. (.25ft)

11068 Kaye Gudbranson
Two typescripts of the James H. Howard article: "Dakota Winter Counts as a Source of Plains History," published in the Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology Bulletin 173, 1960. One of the typescripts is a copy and the other has original handwritten notes. Notebook 1935 with handwritten notes on NativeAmerican biographies, family trees, stories, customs, and language; notebook 1932-1935 with handwritten accounts and nativeAmerican stories. Both notebooks may have belonged to Paul Ewald. Gudbranson found the materials in a trunk that belonged to her mother who lived in New Town, N.D. (.25ft)

11113 Bismarck Indian School
1930s
Yearbooks from the Bismarck Indian School, correspondence, printed material, and photographs of students, the BIS and Fort Yates schools, and Lydia Frerking. (1.5ft)

11236 Josephine Waggoner
ca. 1925-1987
Manuscripts written by Josephine (McCarthy) Waggoner (1871-1943) including stories of Lakota and Dakota tribal members, their traditional customs and beliefs, Waggoner's own life experiences, and biographies of Lakota and Dakota chiefs. Information for many of the manuscripts was told to Waggoner by tribal members. Waggoner worked with several individuals, including Frank Herriott and George F. Will Sr. to edit her manuscripts for publication. The collection includes original manuscripts by Waggoner, edited versions by both men, and related correspondence. The collection also includes correspondence about litigation undertaken by Waggoner's descendants to reclaim her manuscripts. (2ft)

20072 Fort Berthold Indian Agency
Records, 1874-1875, 1899, 1922
Registry book containing names of agency visitors, an Indian census arranged by tribe, and an order issued by the agency superintendent restricting tribal dances and travel. (2 items)

20366 Ten Bears
Papers, ca. 1940s
Typescript of a speech by Ten Bears, the Comanche Chief, before the Medicine Lodge Council, October 20, 1867, a speech by Weatherford to General Jackson after defeat at Tallapoosa in 1814, and a speech by Garangula of the Onondaga at a Council in 1684. (1 item)

20448 George Selkirk
Papers, n.d.
Typescript and photocopy of a brief history of Chippewa customs, legends, education, religion, and recreation. (2 items)

20479 United States Office of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency
Records, 1871, 1877
Outgoing letters from the Indian agent concerning administration of the agency, Indian relations, annual reports to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and lists of Indians owning ponies. (1v)

20485 Northwest Indian Commission
Records, 1866
Copy of transcript of proceedings of the commission negotiating treaties with the Brule Sioux, Arikara, Mandan, and Gros Ventre. (1r/#6946)

20510 Standing Rock Indian Agency
Records, 1955
Tribal Council and Committee meeting minutes, reports from the appropriations committee to the board, and newsletters written by David Blackhoop, Tribal Council Chairman. See also MS-10512. (25 items)

20522 Catherine Marcotte
Papers, ca. 1889-1977
Consists of photocopies of notes, letters, legal documents, and a newspaper story concerning Jean Louis Legare's claims against the U.S. government for sustaining Sitting Bull's followers in Canada. (.05ft)

20555 United States Indian Claims Commission
Records, ca. 1962
Exhibits, digests relating to claims against the U.S. government by the Little Shell Band of Chippewa Indians, the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, the Red Lake Band and Pembina Band, and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. (3 items)

20566 Shirley Norum
Papers, 1965
Manuscript entitled, “Contemporary Problems of the Berthold Indian Reservation,” much of which was gleaned from the papers of Don Short who served in the North Dakota Legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives. (1 item)

20590 United States Army Indian Scouts
Records, 1875-1880
Fort Yates, ND
Copies of letters and reports sent by the Commander of the Indian Scout Detachment to the U.S. Adjutant General's office relating to enlistment and discharge of Indian Scouts, ordnance, Indian relations, horse sales, maneuvers, and reconnaissance activities. (1v)

20598 Fred Pearsall
Papers, 1951
Account of an Indian attack on a steamboat on the Missouri River in 1862. (1 item)

20602 Alfred Burton Welch
Papers, 1912-1915
Correspondence, transcripts of documents concerning fort Abraham Lincoln and the Battle of the Little Big Horn, transcript of a presentation at the 1912 Sioux Nation Pow Wow, petition from the Standing Rock Indian Reservation requesting that Welch be appointed curator of the State Historical Society, a manuscript entitled, “Short Sketch of the Red Invasion of North Dakota and Subsequent Withdrawal Before the Advance of White Civilization,” and newspaper clippings and other documents concerning Welch’s ‘adoption’ by the Sioux Nation. (45 items/1r/#16074)

20621 Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation
Records, 1880-1884
Letters from the General Land Office and the Secretary of Dakota Territory concerning land claims of the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, land surveys, and the establishment of reservation boundaries. (8 items)

20630 Foundation of North American Indian Culture
Records, 1963-1964
Brochures, news releases, newsletter, correspondence and a reprint of a Bismarck Tribune article. (8 items)

20755 Emma H. (Hoiland) Zuger
Papers, 1930-1985
Clippings about the "Sakakawea Junior club" at the U.S. Indian School, Bismarck, ND, which was the only Girls Study Club in the country comprised of all Indian girls representing nine different tribes. In appreciation of her work with North Dakota Indians, Mrs. Zuger was adopted into the Sioux tribe of Fort Yates, ND. The album titled Zuger's Indian book has been transferred to the photograph collection. (13 items)

21085 Hopkins Family
Papers, 1917-1924
Post card of Harvey Hopkins in WWI uniform, a booklet (Bible Translations and Hymns in the Ree and Sanis Language) translated by Ernest Hopkins, and a biographical information sheet about the Harvey and Susie Hopkins family. Harvey Hopkins was born in Elbowoods, ND, to Ernest Hopkins and Ida Morsette on February 23, 1895. He served in WWI and was the first ordained minister on the Fort Berthold Reservation. He passed away on February 27, 1952. Ernest Hopkins was the son of Young Hawk and Otter Woman.(3 items)

21120 May Hinton
1914-1930s
Four post cards of an unidentified woman (could be Hinton), Liberty Memorial Bridge in Bismarck, Bad Lands Scenery and Standing Rock Agency, and Hinton's copy of "Large Indian Cornfields in North Dakota Long Ago: An Indian Drama Petite for School Children." (5 items)

21196 Attendance Book, Fort Berthold (ND)
1889
Book includes attendance of students at the Fort Berthold Mission School in the class of a Mrs. Williams (0.05 ft.).

21211 JamesMcLaughlinCorrespondence
1872-1894
Letters are addressed to James McLaughlin, Indian Agent for many years at Fort Totten and Standing Rock in Dakota Territory (later North Dakota).The first letter, written in 1872, concerns a land grant in Maryland that was given to a military ancestor. McLaughlin seems to have asked the author of the letter to research the grant in order to learn if McLaughlin held title to it. The letter provides initial results of the search. The second letter addressed to McLaughlin concerns a matter of law, and two are congratulatory wishes upon tow of his reappointments as Indian Agent at Fort Yates. The letters were transcribed by SHSND volunteer Janet Beltran (4 letters).

21276 Ewald C. Witzleben
1929-1930
Consists of letters written to E. C. Witzleben upon his retirement from the Indian Service from students, friends, and colleagues. Digital scans of photographs of Agnes Victoria Witzleben, Ewald C. Witzleben, Jean Marie Witzleben, Father Bernard Strassmaier, Father Martin Kenel, Sister Bernadette, Dr. Meigs J. Drabelle, John W. Cramsie, unidentified nuns at Fort Yates (N.D.) and students at the Fort Yates Indian School (Fort Yates, N.D.). Also includes digital scans of a program for the Witzleben farewell at the Fort Yates Agency school, January 10, 1930, and a letter from W. S. Campbell to Ewald C. Witzleben requesting information about Sitting Bull. (0.05 ft. plus digital scans)

80017 George Milligan
Papers, 1874
Discharge as Indian scout for the U.S. Army. (1 item)

80048 United States Army Indian Scouts
Records, 1871-1893
Discharges. (68 items/1r/#16078)

80084 Wahnahtah
Papers, 1872, 1896
Two good conduct certificates (one signed by Henry Hastings SIbley) and an updated portion of a treaty between the Chippewa, the Sisseton, and the Yanktonai Sioux. (3 items)

80109 Crazy Walking
Papers, 1884
Office of Indian Affairs Certificate of Appointment naming Crazy Walking as Judge of the Court of Offenses at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. (1 item)

80113 Pratt Treaty Commission
Records, 1888
Two illustrated ballots providing for division and opening of the Sioux Reservation in Dakota Territory. One ballot is for approval and the other rejection of the measure. (2 items)

1202 Paul Ewald
122 min
Consists of conversations with various people concerning identification of Indian artifacts.

1228-1235 For Eagles to be Crows
750 minutes 6 tapes
Consists of 23 programs produced in 1978 by KDSU-FM, Fargo, on the history and other aspects of the native peoples of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation

1299 Angela Fiske
90 minute reel-to-reel master
An interview with Fiske on her 79th birthday. Recorded by KBOM radio on January 24, 1964.